Comparison

IELTS Prep App vs HSC Formula Aid

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

IELTS Prep App

Prepare for the IELTS exam with a comprehensive assistant. Improve vocabulary, writing, listening, and speaking skills through interactive lessons, practice tests, and expert strategies. Master all test sections for both Academic and General modules.

Highlights
  • IELTS practice tests
  • Interactive lessons and exercises
  • Expert tips and strategies
  • Writing prompts tool
  • Reading comprehension exercises
  • Listening and speaking practice
  • Vocabulary building resources
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Boost Your Score with IELTS® Exam Preparation App Are you aiming for a high score in the IELTS exam? Our app is your ultimate solution designed to increase your scores across all test sections. Whether you are focusing on IELTS vocabulary, mastering IELTS writing, or enhancing your English listening and speaking skills, this app is your ideal IELTS assistant, tailored for both Academic and General modules and featuring IELTS practice tests, interactive lessons and exercises, expert tips and tricks, answer strategies, and covering topics that require the most attention to make you fully prepared to achieve your goal. Step-by-Step Learning Technique This app offers a unique step-by-step approach, ensuring long-term knowledge retention. The entire course is divided into carefully crafted learning steps that include lessons and exercises, arranged to review studied content just before you would forget it, reinforcing your knowledge and ensuring it stays with you for the long term. This approach optimizes your study time and fundamentally improves your English language skills while preparing you for the real exam. 200+ Tasks to IELTS Practice Anytime and Anywhere Our app provides comprehensive lessons across all IELTS test components — Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing. It helps learners understand each section, tackle various question types, and apply effective test-taking strategies to achieve a higher score. Each lesson is accompanied by targeted exercises that reinforce the skills covered in lesson, offering detailed explanations for every correct answer. Master Your IELTS Writing Skills Enhance your ability to write well-structured IELTS essays and letters confidently. The app offers answer strategies and a powerful writing prompts tool to ensure your IELTS essay meet the standards required for a high score. Built-in grammar resources provide clear explanations and examples to make your writing more persuasive. Improve Your IELTS Reading Skills Reading comprehension is crucial for achieving success in the exam. Our app offers in-depth lessons that cover answer strategies for all question types of IELTS reading and expert tips and tricks. Exercises simulate real IELTS reading passages, with detailed answer explanations, helping you pass the reading section with the highest score. Sharpen Your English Listening and Speaking Skills Mastering IELTS listening and IELTS speaking is also essential. Our app provides tools to improve your English listening and speaking skills. Interactive dialogues replicate real IELTS speaking tasks and a wide collection of audio materials designed to simulate the IELTS listening environment, increasing your confidence and preparing you for any challenges on the exam day. Expand Your IELTS Vocabulary A rich English vocabulary is key, especially in IELTS writing and IELTS speaking sections. Our app offers extensive resources to help you improve vocabulary effectively. Dive into English word lists with more than 2.000 words, voiced by native English speakers and tailored to the IELTS exam, covering phrasal verbs, idioms and phrases, and specialized IELTS vocabulary. With regular IELTS practice, you will learn words faster and apply them confidently in your writing and speaking tasks. Disclaimer IELTS® is a registered trademark of University of Cambridge ESOL, the British Council, and IDP Education Australia. This mobile app is not affiliated by the University of Cambridge ESOL, the British Council, and IDP Education Australia. Privacy Policy: https://doc-hosting.flycricket.io/ielts-prep-ios/648d702c-8533-42e8-86f9-2f7d5c054f4c/privacy Terms of Service: https://doc-hosting.flycricket.io/ielts-prep/5c58421a-c1bc-42b6-a957-65206f4437e7/terms

About

HSC Formula Aid

This educational app provides chapter-wise formulas and examples for Physics, Chemistry, and Higher Mathematics. It includes practice questions and a vast collection of resources to aid revision for HSC students.

Highlights
  • Chapter-wise formulas
  • Formula-linked examples
  • Knowledge-based questions
  • Multiple-choice questions
  • Concepts & shortcuts
  • ICT resources
  • 900+ formulas, 800+ documents
Features
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"HSC Formula Aid" is the country's first and largest e-formula platform. It includes chapter-wise formulas and mathematical examples for Physics, Chemistry, and Higher Mathematics. The app is designed for HSC students, providing all the formulas for Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry along with mathematical examples that can be accessed by clicking on the formulas. It also includes chapter-wise knowledge-based, comprehension, and multiple-choice questions. With a vast collection of over 900 formulas and 800 documents, this app is a comprehensive tool for revision before exams or after completing chapters. I have tried my best to organise the app effectively, and many more features are coming soon.  Features of the App:   1. Chapter-wise formulas for Physics, Chemistry, and Higher Mathematics.  2. Click on formulas to view related mathematical examples.  3. Chapter-wise knowledge-based and comprehension questions.  4. Chapter-wise multiple-choice questions, Concepts & shortcuts. 5. Information and Communication Technology.  6. A vast collection of over 900 formulas and 800 documents.

Screenshots

IELTS Prep App4 screens
HSC Formula Aid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HSC Formula Aid at none against IELTS Prep App's 10. HSC Formula Aid also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 77%). IELTS Prep App's advantage is ratings volume (732 vs 4). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. IELTS Prep App sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. HSC Formula Aid asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HSC Formula Aid holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IELTS Prep App has 732 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of IELTS Prep App's written reviews are positive against 100% of HSC Formula Aid's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
IELTS Prep App versus HSC Formula Aid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIELTS Prep AppHSC Formula Aid
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (732 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings732 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksei NaumovAvishek Das

Customer experience

IELTS Prep App

All ratings720 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive76.7%
Neutral10.0%
Negative13.3%

HSC Formula Aid

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

IELTS Prep App

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Premium purchase cancels when connecting to Apple account
  • Premium status not retained after account disconnection
  • No cancellation option visible in app during trial
  • Ad close button (X) doesn't appear after watching ads

Requested features

3 requests
  • Desktop or web version for longer study sessions
  • Improved subscription management within app
  • Better ad frequency controls

HSC Formula Aid

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

IELTS Prep App

Subscriptions9
  • Weekly Premium Access$4.997 Days
  • Weekly Premium Access + Trial3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Weekly Premium Access + Trial3 Days trial$5.997 Days
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  • Monthly Premium Access + Trial3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Access$12.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Access$14.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Access + Trial3 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Annual Premium Access + Trial7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Annual Premium Access + Trial7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium Access$79.99
None

HSC Formula Aid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IELTS Prep App free?
IELTS Prep App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HSC Formula Aid free?
HSC Formula Aid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IELTS Prep App or HSC Formula Aid?
HSC Formula Aid is rated higher. IELTS Prep App averages 4.7 out of 5 from 732 ratings, while HSC Formula Aid averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do IELTS Prep App or HSC Formula Aid have ads?
IELTS Prep App shows ads; HSC Formula Aid does not.

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